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I just perused this thread and two things: Mr. Clay's description of his youthful numismatic experiences was both moving and helped me understand the man. My first series of posting communications with him involved my (to him) questionable substitution of a person with perceived gender preference differences from the norm on the post a picture of you thread as an attempt at humor. A great start yes? Basemetal as an even more rank newbie than now manages in record time to p.o. one of the great experts in ancient coins. "There's a great future in Pez dispenser collecting for you Basemetal"I feel we have progressed since then. I've even sent him a coin to attribute, which of course, he did. I've been honored enough that he has since deigned to help in attribution on several coins I've posted. His expertise is unmatched. If Mr. Clay chimes in on a post about your coin, consider yourself privileged. If you don't like what he says, well, collecting ancient authentic coins is challenging. Sucking up? Nope. Sucking up implies some advantage to be gained. My next request for attribution is as likely to have Mr. Clay saying: Yes the coin is rated as rare, but in that condition, I suggest you give it to someone you don't like.". Not really. He'd never be that crude. Anyway, my dream coin is as always a FlavianAmphitheatre coin of Titus. I saw one recently on an auction site. Some guy Warren-no last name had one for sale for $9.00. Bruce

My dream coin is a feudal one : gold pistol of Francois II de Montpensier, a prince who ruled Dombes at the end of the 16th century. There is only one known (hope that it doesn't mean it is unique) sold in the 'vente Claouet" in 1993.

Closer is a tet of Geta struck in Laodicea (to go with my Septimius and Caracalla from same origin). The one with the big head. I missed some of them in different sales and auctions. I WILL get one someday

Potator

I'm glad to see this old thread back. Good occasion to look back at what I wroteFor the first of my dream coins, another specimen has been offered at an auction last year ; I've been outbid by far, but I know it's not unique, so I might be lucky sometime.I've found the second one, last year too, and managed to be the winner. You can see it below. There is a scratch under the chin, otherwise it's a pleasant example. At least, I like it, so I'm a happy collector

My (currently) most wanted coin is a decent condition COLNEM...I absolutlely love those coins!!! I had one in my sites (f-vf) a few months back but it was auctioned right on the heels of a wife imposed buying freeze and I could not pull the trigger for fears of having to use the coin as a pillow when I was booted from my house !

My dream coin would probably be a nice EF NeroDupondius or As with the reverse of him as Apollo playing the lyre. Being a musician, it appeals to me on that level. Not only that, but the coin dies of Nero are usually beautifully engraved.

An Eid Mardenarius etc. would be interesting, but I don't think I want to own a coin worth that much money. I certainly couldn't feel safe keeping it in my Chicago apartment, and having it locked up is no fun. I think if somebody gave me one, I'd sell it, pay off my credit cards, buy a new car, buy some more coins, and maybe a new guitar or two.

I posted a couple of my favorite ancient coins(though there are others id probably take first if i really thought about it) but there are many beautiful coins from later periods that Id want just as much or more...

I love this thread. All those lovely little bits of history are a joy to look at. I’ve recently been reading about “Dark Ages” Britain and think I would rather like a gold penny of Offa, king of Mercia (757–796).

I love this thread. All those lovely little bits of history are a joy to look at. I’ve recently been reading about “Dark Ages” Britain and think I would rather like a gold penny of Offa, king of Mercia (757–796).

Steve

fantastic choice, if i rember rightly this coin is listed as unique, so we will have to take it in turns to keep it

This gold stater, struck alongside bronze coins of 18mm and 15mm that bear a portrait of Ptolemy I and a prow, is one of the prizes of Ptolemaic coinage. Though it bears no inscription, it must have been issued by a Ptolemaic king – undoubtedly Ptolemy I because of its affinities with the Attic-weight Athena Promachus coinages struck in Alexandria from c. 314-310 B.C. (or, according to Lorber in the 2005 Numismatic Chronicle, slightly later). It may have been struck in 313 after Ptolemy acquired Cyprus, or perhaps in 312/1 as part of the combined effort of Ptolemy and Seleucus to eject Demetrius Poliorcetes from Gaza. Though this latter victory paved the road for Seleucus to recapture his former satrapy of Babylon, the results were fleeting for Ptolemy, who by the spring of 311 was forced out of the region by Demetrius.